2020-08-07 14:27:35 Source:Gene Company Limited
Pacbio Updates
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Protocol Updates
Protocol/document releases from Jul 2020.
Protocols | Released date | Changes |
Procedure & Checklist – Preparing Multiplexed Microbial Libraries Using SMRTbell Express Template Prep Kit 2.0 | July 20, 2020 | Updated table format on page 16 to clarify last bullet in step 8. |
Publication Highlights
Porubsky et al., 2020, Nature Genetics. 52, 849–858.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-020-0646-x
•With using single-cell DNA template strand and long-read sequencing by PacBio and Bionano optical mapping, 1,069 inversions are discovered in great apes which is six-fold than the previously reported inversions (Table 1 and Fig 1).
•X chromosome has 2.5-fold more inversions when compared to autosomal length.
•Megabase-pair scale haplotypes for individual chromosomes is constructed and 23 genomic regions are identified that have recurrently toggled between a direct and an inverted state over 15 million years.
RNA-Chromatin Interactions – Methods and Protocols, pp 209-228
https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-0716-0680-3_15
•This article describes the area of using PacBio SMRT sequencing for footprinting, (i.e. looking at certain regions of DNA that are exposed on some functional way and modifying those regions, then reading them out with PacBio.)
•PacBio SMRT sequencing is used for looking at the DNA:RNA hybrid structures that form during transcription in Single-Molecule R-Loop Footprinting.
•Detailed end-to-end protocol for this method and some examples are included in this article.
New webinar
SMRT Sequencing applications for human genomics and medicine (71mins)
-By Adam Ameur (Uppsala University SciLifeLab)
•How SMRT Sequencing has been applied in many different projects; from the sequencing of single genes, to de novo assembly of complete human genomes
•Overview of some key developments, including a new method to study CRISPR-Cas9 off-target effects using long reads
Click here to watch.
Macherey-Nagel NucleoBond® HMW DNA
PacBio recommended genomic DNA extraction kit prior to library preparation for SMRT sequencing